I'd be willing to make a very large bet that Dan Quayle is quite a bit smarter than Sarah Palin (or George W Bush, for that matter).


I always thought Quayle, though no genius, really didn't deserve the rep he had. I think a lot of it came from comparisons to Lloyd Bentsen at the VP debate. Also from the way Bush made it really ****ing obvious he picked Quayle only because he thought women would swoon (halfway decent looking is considered gorgeous in politics, see also Al Gore and John Edwards). Quayle seemed like a guy of average to mildly above average intelligence who was in over his head experience-wise.


Palin, OTOH, seems exactly as dumb as her rep (if not more so). A big clue for me (as it was with Bush) is the complete inability to process any info that challenges previously held assumptions. It's not that they process the info and find it unimportant, or even that they make the conscious decision to ignore it for personal gain. Both appear completely unable to even understand that there's anything to process.


You are correct in that she's got the entire apparatus of the right wing media in her corner, and that means a lot. Look what it did for Bush in 2000.

Quayle was also a C student, which didn't make anyone too bright. It was especially rough on his reputation when he said he went to the "the Harvard of the midwest," and the college he went to wasn't even in the regional top 20. That famous "deer in the headlights" look that supposedly appeared on his face when given any remotely challenging question was yet another nail in the coffin of his public persona.

But it wasn't for lack of trying. When he announced he was going to run for the presidency, Time magazine gave him the most glowing write-up imaginable. This was back when they gave rave reviews to herpes, mind you, saying it would finally set people straight about sex.

It almost won him the election.

Never said Quayle was smart enough or thought on his feet well enough to be Preznit, just that he was smarter than "Bush II" or "Bush II in a Skirt"

I got a pretty funny e-mail from a parent today. She was not happy that I gave her son a zero for an assignment. Teachers give zeroes for EVERYTHING these days. It wasn't even meant to be funny. lol. To be fair, he didn't do it because I kicked him out of the room that day.

Anyhow, I got my XBox 360 hard drive today. yay!

Woohoo! I'll cross my fingers for you that there are no headaches setting it up.

I'm always a little nervous setting up things I've never worked with before.

That is crossing my mind. I have no idea what I'm doing exactly. I do, however, have a background in working on computers, so I imagine I can pull this off...right?

False. She has a very high disapproval rating nationwide.

Okay, it was literally just plugging it onto the outside of the box. lol.

Rasmussen: Sarah Palin approval rating higher than Barak Obama's

Clearly somebody's honeymoon is WAY over.

Gallup had Palin at 40% Favorable - 50% Unfavorable last month

Let's go with averages of many polls rather than cherry picking, people.

50.4% Unfavorable, 36.6% Favorable. And trending downwards.

Politarding ITT.

I notice that 'PPP (D)' has a lot of weight on that line, if we're talking averages. What's the (D) stand for, me wonders?

From Nate:

They also have one of the lowest pollster-induced errors, according to Nate.

Rasmussen is the only pollster to have Palin with a net positive approval rating in the last 6 months (30 or so different polls).


FWIW, I have no issue with the Republicans nominating someone unlikely to win because they like her the best. That's their choice. I'd just prefer it if the only real opposition party in the US had leaders who were neither rock stupid nor bat**** insane. I like having a choice, and not being forced into a choice because the alternative looks like something from a Hollywood farce.

I kinda like that the farce is out in the open now.

Palin appearing on SNL right next to Tina Fey reached some crescendo of meta-ness I didn't think was possible.

No way in hell she'll be nominated.

Agree she won't be nom'd. Can we stop the politalk!?

I have gel in my hair for the first time since high school. Since I am in a friend's wedding this Saturday, I decided to get my haircut tonight. What a great decision. Lady was truly fun to talk to and it actually put me into a very noticeable better mood after I left.

Anyway, the gel she had sitting on her counter was called "VerySexyHair" or something and the name was "Hard Up." I asked her if that was intentionally saucy. I think I won her over by using the phrase saucy. Anyway, so I told her I didn't use gel since high school, but I couldn't deny some Hard Up when she offered it.

What a great gel name. That's all.

Not sure I agree with a HS teacher using gel in his hair.
Reaches some level of creepiness I'd rather you not get to.

I finally had to take a break from the book "Going Rogue" by Sarah Palin, and lo ,what a book to behold! It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think. I am still one chapter 3 because I am highlighting and underlining many passages. She took the time to really write a book with PUNCH, taking care to pick each word to bring out the essense of her being. What a being she is...

Gel can be tasteful. Just depends how it's used.

Regardless, I didn't have Solo pegged as a gel guy. Seems odd.

I'm not sure it makes me creepy. It really does look "better" probably. But I also don't care enough. I don't even dry my hair out of the shower. I just shake my head some.

I'm not a gel guy, so you pegged me right, LF. Like I said, I have gel in my hair for the first time in over 6 years.

I seldom wear gel either, but I have a bottle of "Super Wet." L'Oreal sold this stuff called "Toss Lotion" for a while, and I loved it.

I wear gel most days. I the kind I use is Dep #7. I like it because it doesn't turn the hair stone hard where it might break off if you touch it. I think it works for me and looks much better than when I used to wear it some what longer in high school.